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Pilots of the republic; the romance of the pioneer promoter in the middle West

by: Hulbert, Archer Butler, 1873-1933

Publication date: 1906

Topics: Pioneers -- United States, Canals -- United States, Mississippi River Valley -- History, Northwestern States -- History

Publisher: Chicago, A. C. McClurg & Co.

Collection: newyorkpubliclibrary; americana

Contributor: New York Public Library

Language: English

Introductory: The brother of the sword.--Washington: the promoter of western investments.--Richard Henderson: the founder of Transylvania.--Rufus Putnam: the father of Ohio.--David Zeisberger: hero of "the meadow of light".--George Rogers Clark: founder of Louisville.--Henry Clay: promoter of the first American highway.--Morris and Clinton: fathers of the Erie Canal.--Thomas and Mercer: rival promoters of canal and railway.--Lewis and Clark: explorers of Louisiana.--Astor: the promoter of Astoria.--Marcus Whitman: the hero of Oregon.--The captains of the "American system"

Addeddate: 2007-11-07 23:00:22

Bookplateleaf: 0007

Call number: b3914280

Camera: Canon 5D

Copyright-evidence: Evidence reported by scanner-nicole-deyo for item pilotsofrepublic00hulb on November 7, 2007: visible notice of copyright; stated date is 1906.